The Morgan Hill Junior Pee Wee Raiders ended their scoring
drought when Drew Glines burst into the end zone with 1:46 left in
the first quarter to stake the Raiders to a 6-0 lead over the
second Place Santa Clara Lions, but that was it in a 24-6 loss.
Morgan Hill – The Morgan Hill Junior Pee Wee Raiders ended their scoring drought when Drew Glines burst into the end zone with 1:46 left in the first quarter to stake the Raiders to a 6-0 lead over the second Place Santa Clara Lions, but that was it in a 24-6 loss.
After the ensuing kick off, the Raiders defense held strong, in spite of giving up a first down, strong tackling and solid play from Matthew Bellah and Garrett White led to stopping the Lions cold and it appeared the Raiders were going to have their way this Sunday.
It was not to be. The Raiders could not muster another First down in the half and with 2:05 left in the half, the defense, which had spent most of the quarter on the field, succumbed to the play fake offered by the Lion’s quarterback, who then found a receiver deep down field for a 29 yard TD toss. This left it all tied at 6-6 at the half.
After the Raiders received the kickoff to start the second half, a series of turnover trades occurred and the Lions eventually cashed in on a fumble and scored to take a 12-6 lead. Duran blocked the extra point to swing the momentum Morgan Hill’s way but turnovers gave the ball back to Santa Clara and two fourth-quarter tuochdowns put the game away.
Pee Wees
Morgan Hill – For the first time this year, Morgan Hill was kept out the end zone by a fierce Santa Clara Lion team and lost 28-0.
The loss puts Morgan Hill in fourth place heading into the playoff run.
The defense gave up 300 yards in Lion offense on a day when the offense could only produce 108 total yards.
The Raiders unit of Tyler Pederson, Jacob LeDon, Tyler Soares, David Corona, Shane Devlin, Efrain Gonzales, Pual Marahrens, Zach Henry, Carlos Martinez, Victor Del Rio and Paul Salins-Ruiz started the game and contributed two first downs on the opening drive, which stalled inside the Lions’ 10.
Tayvry Carrasco made a nice down field block and Matt Darirano ran for 48 yards on 15 touches.
It was a tough day for the defense, which wore down in the fourth quarter, giving up three late scores. Jerado Caro made two solo tackles and one assist, Lorenzo Aryguo had two solos and two assists and Clayton Howard recovered the only fumble on the day.
